Celebrating Black History Month with our Student Health Advocates!
antonia@osbha.org
Mar 4, 2020
We celebrated Black History Month by highlighting some of our very own Student Health Advocates. We asked questions that were focused around celebrating their identity, ways they take care of themselves and, health! Keep reading to learn what our Student Health Advocates had to say!
Jayla Pride
When I hear “Black History Month,” I think about the stories, struggles, and...
Youth Blog: Communication in Relationships
Student Health Advocates
Jan 14, 2020
This blog post is by Mirea Bacit, a member of OSBHA Student Health Advocates.
Everyone knows that relationships as fun as they can be, aren’t always perfect, whether you’re dating or married. Though problems are prevalent in every relationship, they’re seen more within teens and young adults. In a time full of self-discovery and growth, it’s important...
Board Application Now Open!
antonia@osbha.org
Nov 26, 2019
Are you passionate about strengthening school-based health services and systems that promote the health and academic success of young people?
The Oregon School-Based Health Alliance is currently recruiting for new board members including young people
between 13-25 years of age!
Learn more & apply here.
The Biggest YAC Summit Yet!
OSBHA
Nov 22, 2019
The third Oregon YAC Summit on November 8, 2019 brought nearly 100 people statewide to the YAC Summit.
The theme for this year's YAC Summit was "Blossoming Into Leadership". This year, the YAC Summit Youth Planning Committee wanted to celebrate and recognize current YACs/SHACs as leaders in their communities and give them additional tools to move their work! We had an expert...
Youth Blog: Stressed Is Just Desserts Spelled Backwards!
Student Health Advocates
Nov 22, 2019
This blog post is by Jaelene Chavez, a member of OSBHA Student Health Advocates.
A few tips to help you manage stress
As us students make our way through the school year, we know it can get tough, especially during these next few months. Seniors have many college
applications and scholarship deadlines approaching soon, juniors have begun...
Youth Blog: Can the Sexual Education Gap be Filled with the Internet?
Student Health Advocates
Oct 25, 2019
This blog post is by Jennifer Cruz Hernandez, a member of OSBHA Student Health Advocates.
One would expect for societal norms in sexual education to be responsive of the needs of current generations. However, that is not the case. In the Journal of Health Communication through the article “Is the Internet Filling the Sexual Health Information Gap for Teens? An...
Interview with OSBHA's New Board Co-Chair
OSBHA
Sep 16, 2019
OSBHA is so happy to welcome Sarah Fast as our new Board Co-Chair. In this interview, she explains what brought her to this work and where we're going from here.
Please describe your background and how it brings you to OSBHA.
I have dedicated the majority of my professional career to working with youth across the Portland Metropolitan Area to help them (and their...
School Health Services Planning Grant
OSBHA
Aug 27, 2019
We are proud of conceptualizing and advocating for legislation that funded the School Health Services Planning Grant (RFGP 4855-0), issued by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). This funding will support up to 12 school districts or ESDs to evaluate the need for school-based health services in their respective communities and will then fund up to 6 new school-based health centers and up to 4 sites...
HPV Update from our Youth Programs Intern
OSBHA
Aug 16, 2019
This blog post is by Annie Jiang, OSBHA's Summer Youth Programs Intern. Annie is a student at Reed College. As an education lover, she strives to make education more accessible and fun to students so that students are able to enjoy the rewarding nature of knowledge.
Cancer, the disease that everyone fears, is not curable yet. However, scientists and medical practitioners have...
Creating a Model for Youth-Driven HPV Prevention
Student Health Advocates
Aug 14, 2019
This blog post is by Megan Feely, a former member of the OSBHA Student Health Advocates.
For the last few months, OSBHA Student Health Advocates have been developing youth-led HPV prevention education based on evidence and best practices. Education sessions will be provided to high school students as part of our feasibility study project, funded by the Knight Cancer...
